National risk-based control plan for third-country imports
Article 6
Member States shall prepare a national risk-based control plan for food-producing animals and products of animal origin entering into the Union and intended for placing on the Union market through their border control posts (‘BCP’) and other points of entry such as on vessels according to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 ( 10 ) to verify compliance with Union legislation on the use of pharmacologically active substances as listed in Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1644 and compliance with applicable MRLs and MLs. Controls on the use of pharmacologically active substances authorised as veterinary medicinal products or as feed additives and of prohibited or unauthorised pharmacologically active substances and residues thereof shall be carried out as part of the official controls at BCP provided for in Article 47 and Article 65 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. The national risk-based control plan for third-country imports shall contain the following: (a) the list of combinations of substances and species, products and matrices in accordance with Annex VI to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1644; (b) the sampling strategy as decided by the Member State in accordance with Annex VII to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1644; (c) the actual sampling frequencies for controls carried out at BCP as decided by the Member State taking into account the annual minimum sampling frequencies in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation. The samples taken for the purpose of official controls carried out pursuant to Article 65(1), (2) and (4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, shall, however, not be considered as samples contributing to reach the minimum sampling frequencies of Annex III of this Regulation; (d) the analytical methods to be used and their performance characteristics; (e) the detailed information referred to in Article 7(1) and (2).